Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired the general in charge of the agency that released the dubious ‘top secret’ intelligence assessment about the US’s strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.
Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse was fired as head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, according to The Associated Press.
The AP reported:
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired a general whose agency’s initial intelligence assessment of damage to Iran nuclear sites from U.S. strikes angered President Donald Trump, according to two people familiar with the decision.
Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse would no longer serve as head of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, according to the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it publicly.
In June President Trump announced that the US had dropped bombs on three nuclear sites in Iran.
“We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan. All planes are now outside of Iran air space. A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow. All planes are safely on their way home. Congratulations to our great American Warriors. There is not another military in the World that could have done this. NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE! Thank you for your attention to this matter,” Trump said on Truth Social on Saturday.
President Trump said bunker-busting bombs totally obliterated the Fordow nuclear plant.
Satellite images of the Fordow plant showed the ‘before and after’ following Operation Midnight Hammer.
New Images via @Maxar
High-resolution satellite imagery collected this morning June 22nd after Operation Midnight Hammer reveals aftermath of airstrikes on the Fordow fuel enrichment facility.
Note: The sequences begins “Before Overview” then “After Overview” including… pic.twitter.com/mjk3kTsG3E
— Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) June 22, 2025
On Tuesday, a ‘top secret’ intel assessment of the Fordow plant was leaked to CNN, AP, and the New York Times.
CNN reported that, according to a leak, an early assessment from the Pentagon’s intelligence arm revealed Iran’s nuclear sites are ‘largely intact’ and the US strikes only set them back a few months.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responded to the leak: “This alleged assessment is flat-out wrong and was classified as ‘top secret’ but was still leaked to CNN by an anonymous, low-level loser in the intelligence community. The leaking of this alleged assessment is a clear attempt to demean President Trump, and discredit the brave fighter pilots who conducted a perfectly executed mission to obliterate Iran’s nuclear program. Everyone knows what happens when you drop fourteen 30,000-pound bombs perfectly on their targets: total obliteration,” Karoline Leavitt said to CNN.
WATCH:
BREAKING: CNN discloses “top secret” information on live TV, claiming the strikes on Iran left their nuclear sites “largely intact.”
The claim has since been refuted by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
“Based on everything we have seen, and I’ve seen it all, our bombing campaign… pic.twitter.com/rqTcDzT8Eh
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 24, 2025
BREAKING… please check back for updates.
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